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The Newbery Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Sept. 28, 1967—PAGE 5
THE "THIN" DEFENSE
Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara has announced that
the U.S. will at last build an
anti-ballistic missile defense
system, with production begin
ning this year. His program
will not provide the kind of
anti-ballistic missile defense
(ABM for short) that our mili
tary experts have been recom
mending for several years. The
ABM which is to be built is a
compromise dictated by politi
cal pressures, instead of mili
tary judgment. It is a defense
system to be deployed against
the lesser of two threats—a
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threat, in fact, which will not
actually exist until 1970.
TOIN PROPOSAL
McNamara described his pro
posal as a “thin” defense—that
is, it will consist of a small
number of installations. It is a
defense arrayed against the de
veloping potential of the Red
Chinese nuclear arsenal. Al
though Mr. McNamara says
that it would be insane for the
Red Chinese to attempt a nu
clear attack against the U.S.,
he also says that he can con
ceive of conditions under which
the Communist Chinese leaders
might “miscalculate.”
The commitment to build a
thin ABM defense against Chi
nese Communist “miscalcula
tions' 1 is a positive step for
ward, and a welcome change
from previous U.S. policy.
Unfortunately, Mr. McNa
mara does not seem to be able
to conceive of a similar "mis
calculation” by Soviet leaders.
He downgrades the fact that
the Soviets have already in
stalled ABM systems around
some of their principal cities
and in their northwest regions.
There is no doubt at all that
these systems, particularly the
so-called Tallinn line in the
northwest, are arrayed against
missiles coming from the
United States. The Soviet ABM
is dictated plainly by consider
ations of policy against the U.S.
MCNAMARA'S THEORY
Secretary McNamara feels
assured that the Soviets will
never strike the U.S. In fact,
he says that no matter which
adversary strikes first, both
countries will be substantially
destroyed. He believes that the
“assured destructive capability”
of both countries deters any nu
clear exchange.
Although the U.S. is finding
ways to penetrate the Soviet
ABM system, Soviet technology
has been very aggressive In de
veloping new defensive systems.
The U.S., for the most part, has
been content to refine systems
already developed.
In a secret session of the U.S.
Senate in 1963, I pointed out
that the Soviets even then had
deployed a prototype ABM sys
tem. Although the effectiveness
of this primitive system was in
doubt, I warned that the So
viets would continue to develop
and improve their ABM capa
bility. A sophisticated Soviet
system has now been deployed.
Despite the Administration’s
theory that an advanced ABM
system is not worth the ex
pense, the Soviets apparently
are convinced that an ABM
system will further their aims.
We must not forget that the
Soviets possess secret data
from atmospheric nuclear test
ing, obtained before the Test
Ban Treaty put a stop to U.S.
atmospheric testing.
THE REAL DANGER
The real danger is not that
a full American ABM system
might encourage arms produc
tion. The real danger is that
the Soviets, backed by the real
and imagined advantages of
their ABM system, might “mis
calculate.” Soviet possession of
an ABM system disrupts the
symmetry of the nuclear deter
rent, and could easily lead the
Communist leaders to “miscalcu
late.” Deterrence is a state of
mind, as well as an actual ca
pability.
This Soviet danger Is the mn-
Jor threat which most be faced
resolutely by the U.8.
The thin ABM promised by
Secretary McNamara is only a
beginning. We must go ahead
with the thin defense, but at
the same time we must begin
to extend our technology and
intentions to produce an ABM
system, similar to that which
has been unanimously recom
mended by the Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Hie thin defense must be
thickened.
selves very creditably.
During August many par
ents, other friends and mem
bers of the Board of Directors
spent long hours day and night
to renovate and get into at
tractive condition the Academy
building and the residence ad
jacent which houses the kinder
garten.
Enrollment at
academy rises
The Newberry Academy be
gan the new school year on
September 5th with an enrol
ment of 101 students, a 50 per
cent increase over that of last
year. There are 28 children in
attendance at the Kindergarten
and PreSchool. This gives a
total of 129. President Kinard
is gratified over the prospects
for a good year and he says
that he is encouraged also
because four new students have
already enrolled for the. session
of 1968-69.
Last Friday morning the
first chapel exercises were
held. The program was con
ducted by pupils of the 8th
grade under the direction of
Mrs. Beach, with Mrs. May T.
Epting at the piano. The
theme was based on the theme
of religion and patriotism. The
young people acquitted them
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officer basic course, Sept. 8th
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ply his previous medical know
ledge to combat conditions in
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evacuation procedures and pre
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ed his M.D. degree in 1963
from the Medical College of
South Carolina, Charleston.
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Highland Ave., Cheshire, Conn.
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